• ensure continued surveillance and programme monitoring and evaluation;

• invest in research and new tools;

• support global TB control.

Among the most vulnerable groups are people who are poor or homeless, migrants, and members of ethnic minorities. In addition, people who use drugs or are incarcerated, and people with compromised immune systems (e.g. people living with HIV, malnutrition, diabetes, smokers and heavy drinkers) all have a much greater risk of falling ill with TB. Many of these vulnerable groups face barriers in accessing health services.

Meanwhile, Nature reports on a new method for tuberculosis that takes less than half an hour.

• ensure continued surveillance and programme monitoring and evaluation;

• invest in research and new tools;

• support global TB control.

Among the most vulnerable groups are people who are poor or homeless, migrants, and members of ethnic minorities. In addition, people who use drugs or are incarcerated, and people with compromised immune systems (e.g. people living with HIV, malnutrition, diabetes, smokers and heavy drinkers) all have a much greater risk of falling ill with TB. Many of these vulnerable groups face barriers in accessing health services.

Meanwhile, Nature reports on a new method for tuberculosis that takes less than half an hour.